Texas Memory Systems RamSan-500 Manuel d'utilisateur

TEXAS MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC. RamSan-500 User’s Manual Version 1.2 RamSan-500

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 10 of 48 Figure 3– Fibre Channel Port Locations Figure 3– Fibre Channel Port Locations shows the port layout for the Ram

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 11 of 48 3.4 Connecting Power to the System A fully loaded RamSan-500 requires approximately 250 watts of power. It contai

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 12 of 48 Chapter 4 – Getting Started This chapter will guide you through setting up your RamSan-500. It is important to a

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 13 of 48 4.3 Front Panel Display Basics The front panel display provides a quick and easy way to view the RamSan-500’s sta

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 14 of 48 Main Menu  Flash Module  Selecting “Flash Module” allows you to select a module to identify mode or for pow

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 15 of 48 Main Menu  Manual Shutdown  To shut down the system using the front panel, use the arrow buttons to cycle

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 16 of 48 menu and choose the “Identify Module” option. Identify Module  Module 1  Next, scroll down the Identify Modu

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 17 of 48 4.4.34.4.34.4.34.4.3 Manual RestartManual RestartManual RestartManual Restart The administrator can reboot

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 18 of 48 To set up the network via the front panel, use the arrow buttons to cycle through the top-level menu options unti

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 19 of 48 Ethernet IP address:  192.000.000.000  After you have chosen “Static IP”, the display prompts you to enter an

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 2 of 48 Revision HistoryRevision HistoryRevision HistoryRevision History The following table describes revisions to

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 20 of 48 MAC address. Use this value to configure your DHCP server. Set IP Config  DHCP  Re-enter the “Network Config

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 21 of 48 4.6.24.6.24.6.24.6.2 Connecting using TelnetConnecting using TelnetConnecting using TelnetConnecting using Telnet

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 22 of 48 4.7.14.7.14.7.14.7.1 Acquiring the Acquiring the Acquiring the Acquiring the SSSSystem IP ystem IP ystem IP ystem

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 23 of 48 After you log in, the window shown in Figure 7 will appear. Figure 7 – Web Monitor Opening Screen From here sele

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 24 of 48 A great deal of information is available in this monitor: firmware versions, system event warnings, environmental

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 25 of 48 Figure 10 – Web Monitor Calendar By configuring the calendar, you will set the date and time of the RamSan-500.

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 26 of 48 To modify the network configuration, right-mouse click and select “Network config…” or left-mouse click the globe

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 27 of 48 Figure 13 – Web Monitor Management Options A user management table window pops up and displays all current users

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 28 of 48 Figure 15 – Web Monitor Change User Type in the new password and confirm it. Hit the “OK” button when finished.

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 29 of 48 Figure 17 – Web monitor Logical Unit A wizard will open to guide you through the Logical Unit creation process.

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 3 of 48 Table of Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction ...

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 30 of 48 o Writethrough – Force all of the writes to be written to Flash before acknowledging the write as complete. • D

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 31 of 48 Figure 20 - Web Monitor Access Policy Table To create and access policy, click the “Add” button. This opens a w

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 32 of 48 4.12 Configuring the RamSan-500 Cache The RamSan-500 contains a large RAM cache to buffer write operations and ke

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 33 of 48 There are four different configuration options, Tuning, Read Ahead, Sync Always, and Dirty Threshold Percent. Th

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 34 of 48 Figure 24 – Web Monitor Logs The log events displayed in Figure 24 – Web Monitor Logs are not indicative of a sh

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 35 of 48 Figure 25 – Web Monitor Log Options Once you select the “System Report…” option, a new window will appear and do

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 36 of 48 4.14 Upgrading the System with the Web Monitor It is easy to upgrade your RamSan using the Web monitor if you hav

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 37 of 48 Either type in the path and file name of the patch or use the “Select…” button to browse for the file. When the

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 38 of 48 Follow the information in Section 4.8 to get to the “Logs” item in the Web monitor “System List”. To clear the s

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 39 of 48 Chapter 5 – System Maintenance Texas Memory Systems designed the RamSan-500 to be easily maintainable. You can up

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 4 of 48 Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.1 Overview The RamSan-500 is the World’s Fastest Flash-based storage system. The basic

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 40 of 48 Figure 29 - Back of RamSan-500, Power Supply Location If the RamSan power supplies fail, they can be replaced w

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 41 of 48 5.3 Flash Modules The RamSan-500 comes with 9 Flash modules in a RAID 5 configuration. This section will go over

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 42 of 48 OFF No Power, zone not present Because each Flash zone is independent of the other, the status of each zone may

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 43 of 48 Figure 31 – Web Monitor Flash Module Failure Detection Figure 31 shows the Web monitor detecting a single bad Fl

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 44 of 48 Figure 32 – Web Monitor RAID Degraded Detection WARNING MAKE CERTAIN THAT FLASH MODULES ARE POWERED OFF BEFORE R

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 45 of 48 Figure 33 – Web Monitor RAID Rebuild Status If a Flash module fails and it is replaced with a new module, the RA

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 46 of 48 Figure 34 – Web Monitor RAID Offline You can access the Web monitor for more specific information on which RAID

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 47 of 48 System Status: WARN Errors: cage 1 fan 1 speed is below normal levels (6122.82 RPM)  If a fan degrades in perfo

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 48 of 48 Figure 36 – Top of an Open RamSan-500, Locations of the Fan Cages Please consult Figure 36 ab

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 5 of 48 1.4 Reliability The RamSan-500 is designed to offer superior reliability to other solid-state disks and RAID devic

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 6 of 48 Chapter 2 – Reviewing your shipment 2.1 Unpacking 2.1.12.1.12.1.12.1.1 System System System System IIIInspectionns

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 7 of 48 Figure 2 – RamSan-500 Back 2.2.12.2.12.2.12.2.1 Rack mountingRack mountingRack mountingRack mounting The RamSa

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 8 of 48 Chapter 3 – Connections 3.1 Installing a Host Bus Adaptor in the Host System Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) provide an i

RamSan-500 User’s Manual 9 of 48 connections requires one of the following solutions: multi-pathing software to a single LUN, using software to str